macë

See also: mace, Mace, macé, Mače, mące, mącę, and mäce

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.[1] See Albanian mace (“cat”) for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mat͡sə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /mãːt͡s/, /mõːt͡s/ (eastern Gheg)

Noun

macë f (indefinite plural maca, definite singular maca, definite plural macat)

  1. (zoology) cat
  2. (figurative, derogatory) belligerent, wild woman

Declension
Declension of macë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative macë maca maca macat
accusative macën
dative mace macave macës macavet
ablative macash

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Aromanian: matsã

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
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